Our Work

​McCauley Lyman LLC provides a full complement of transactional legal services to business people in the renewable and clean energy industry. We regularly help clients with contract negotiation, permitting, real estate acquisition, financings, and the purchase and sale of energy-related businesses and their assets. 

Built into our approach is a sensitivity to the need for timeliness, scalability, and cost-efficiency that balances with the changing regulatory landscape. And with deep expertise in the solar arena, you'll find we are equally as comfortable working on community projects of 60 kW as we are helping clients navigate the complexities of installations generating 6000 kW or more. 

Below are representative examples of many of the projects we have worked on with clients throughout the United States. 

Project Development
The firm has assisted its development clients by providing the full range of legal services in developing, designing, permitting, financing, constructing, operating, and selling solar facilities, including negotiating and drafting.

• Letters of Intent
• Purchase and Sale Agreements
• Power Purchase Agreements
• REC Agreements
• Net Metering Agreements
• EPC Agreements
• O&M Agreements
• PILOT Agreements
• Leases (ground and rooftop)
• Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreements (including closings)

• Title insurance commitment procurement and review, informal title reviews (in select jurisdictions)
• Construction Financing Agreements (national and regional lenders)
• Master Lease Agreement and associated agreements (sale/leaseback financings)
• Taxable (Federal) Bond Financings of Municipal Improvement Authority Renewable Energy Projects
• Partnership Flip Tax Equity Transactions
• New Markets Tax Credits Brownfields Solar Financing
• Joint Venture Agreements

​Project Sales and Acquisitions
The firm has been retained by some of its clients specifically to assist with acquiring or selling projects (and project portfolios) at various stages of their development (e.g., where the developer holds as little as an LOI with a prospective electricity customer, to a fully developed and operating stable of projects).  In these engagements, the principal assignment is to prepare offering information or perform due diligence review, negotiate transaction documents (LOIs, asset/interest purchase agreements, etc.), and overlook their performance. 

Clients & Counterparties
The firm has represented developers, project acquirers, power purchasers (private and municipal), and landowners.  Counterparties include big box stores, commercial real estate companies, farmers, municipalities, private and public schools, and universities.

Location of Projects
The firm’s lawyers have worked on commercial-scale solar projects in the following locations in recent years.  When necessary, we work with local counsel admitted to practice in the relevant jurisdictions.

Glendale, AZ (2 projects)
Globe, AZ
Parker, AZ
Phoenix, AZ 
San Manuel, AZ
Central Valley, CA
Danville, CA
Dinuba, CA
Hemet, CA (17 projects)
Gridley, CA
Lafayette, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Milpitas, CA
Pacoima, CA
Riverside, CA
San Diego, CA
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Clara, CA
Santa Cruz (CA)
Alamosa, CO
Broomfield, CO
Denver, CO
West Hartford, CT (2 projects)
Honolulu, HI
Kauai, HI
Kona, HI
Mililani, HI (5 projects)
Athol, MA
Belchertown, MA
​Brimfield, MA
Canton, MA
Charlton, MA

Colrain, MA
Dartmouth, MA
Devens, MA
Dudley, MA
East Bridgewater, MA
Gardner, MA
Gloucester, MA
Greenfield, MA
Hadley, MA (2 projects)
Hubbardston, MA
Leominster, MA
Methuen, MA
Milford, MA
Monroe, MA
Natick, MA
Northampton, MA
Orange, MA
Palmer, MA
Plymouth, MA
Saugus, MA
Somerset, MA
South Attleboro, MA
Sutton, MA
Uxbridge, MA
Walpole, MA
Westborough, MA
Westford, MA
Whately, MA
Winchendon, MA
Annapolis, MD
Church Hill, MD
Upper Marlboro, MD

New Hampshire (various
community solar projects)
​Bayville, NJ
Blairstown, NJ
Deptford, NJ
Flemington, NJ
Hamilton, NJ
Hazlet, NJ
Hopewell, NJ
Ledgewood, NJ
Linden, NJ
Red Bank, NJ
Tabernacle, NJ
Wildwood, NJ
Morris County, NJ (19 projects)
Union County, NJ (31 projects)
Beacon, NY
Brookhaven, NY
Buffalo, NY
Deer Park, NY
Esopus, NY
Hudson, NY
Islip ; NY
Melville, NY
North East, NY
Olean, NY
Patterson, NY
Kingston, ON
Toronto, ON
West Davisville, RI
Charlotte, VT
Vermont (various community
solar projects)